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e une 10 1919.

Fatemi l .elsr'rHoNY E. BARRO, or NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIeNoR. 0E ONE-HALF To ALrHoNsE A.

sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

DIBELEE, or NEW'YORK, N.'Y.

EAzoRfBLAnE HOLDER.

l To all 'whom t may concern.'

- Be it known that I, ANTHONY F.` BARRO,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, county and State of `New York, have invented a certain new` and useful Improvement in Razor-Blade Holders,

exact specication.

This invention relates more particularly to a class of devices-adapted to be used in conjunction with safetyl razor blades.

of which the following is a full, 'L clear, and

Myinvention has for its object primarily to provide a device, or holder designed to razors to be readily sharpened when dulled by use, 'and which is of a form whereby blades of various types. may be removably applied thereto for being sharpened, thus.

meeting the requirement for a device of this class adapted to be used in conjunction with safety razors'ofdifferent forms. The invention consists essentially'of a body member with a flat surface having extension members protruding upwardly therefrom for removably receiving a safety razor blade. To the body member may be pivoted one or a number of retaining elements each adapted to be swung upon the blade to coact with the extension members for clamping the blade on the body member, and integral with each retaining element is a 'clip adapted `to be guided into detachable engagement with the body member for releasably locking the body member and the retaining element together.

A further object of the invention is to provide a razor blade holder of a simple, efficient and durable construction which is susceptible of being made in desired shapes and sizes. v

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more fully described with reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and will then'bepointed out in the claim at the end of the description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a fragmentary razor blade holder n Patenteduune 10,1919. Application filed November 1,1917. semaine. 199,753. Y

atop plan of the holder with one of its retaining elements in a position for holding a safety razor blade.

side elevation of the device.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing an elevation of the Fig. 5 is a plan of one form of safety razor blade adapted to 'be used with the holder.

Fig. 6 shows a plan and an edge view of anotherform of safety razor blade, and

Fig. 7 is a plan of still another form of safety razor blade. e The device hasa bod or surface member 10- which is preferably 1n the form of a flat bar of metal, and on onel end of the bar'is a handle 11 which may be of any' desiredl shape and size to permit the holder to be conveniently manipulated for sharpening .a razor blade. The central partof the side edges of the bar is enlarged, at 12,'to provide-avbearing surface, and part of the bar adjacent to the handle may 'be reduced inv width to form on the contiguous edges of the bar-two shoulders 13 and 14 extending in opposite lateral directions.

of the free end of the bar, or body member 10 may be cut-out to form at the corner of thebar opposite .to the shoulder 14 vanother shoulder 15, and on the edge of the bar opposite to this third shoulder is a laterally protruding elongated lug, as' 16, having a number of upwardly projecting spaced eX- tension members or knobs4 17. The eXten-" '55 Fig. 3 is a fragmentaryview showing a opposite side of .the device. 1

A portion4 i and this blade is also ada ted to be placed on the extension mem ers for beingV sharpened, as will be hereinafter more particularl explained.

Ontfie bar, or body member 1() may be one or a number of retaining elements, as 24 and 25, which coperate'with the eXtension members 17 for removably holding `the razor vblades on the' bar. The retaining element 24 is preferably formed of a strip 26 of fiat metal having one of its ends pivoted, at 27, `to the bearin surface 12 of the bar so as tojbe swung ack and forth in, close proximityto the bar from the shoulder 13 to the shoulder 15 of the bar. This strip is of a length so that when the retainin element 24 is swung upon the bar towar the handle 11 its second end will protrude slightly beyond the shoulder 13 and when, the retaining element 1s swung upon the bar toward yits free end the second end of the element will protrude slightly beyond the shoulder 14:. Projecting laterally 'from one of the edges of the strip 26 are two lugs or fingers 28 and 29 for being guided. toward the extension members 17 when this retaining element is swung on the Abar upon the shoulder 15, and these fingers are spaced apart at a greater distance than the eXtreme lengths of the openings of therazor blades. On the free end of the strip]- 'is a clip 30 serving to releasably lock theA strip 2G to the bar 10, and this clip is preferably formed by bending the free end of the strip 26 in the fashion of a hook to allow the hook to be removably disposed over the shoulders 13 and 15 of the bar.

To sharpen forms of either. of the razor blades 18 or 19, the blade is arranged on the lug 16-ofthe bar 10 so that the extension members 17 will be inserted through the opening or openings of the blade. The retaining element 24 is then swung from its position in engagement with the shoulder 13 of the bar 10 to the position indicated, at 31, Fig. 1. The strip 26 of the retaining element together with the lingers 28 and 29l will thereby be disposed upon the razor blade, and the clip or hook 30 will engage the shoulder 15 of the bar so that the blade will be releasably clamped in the holder which in turn may be sharpened in the usual manner of honing razors.

The retaining element 25 is also preferably formed of a strip 32 of flat metal having oneof its ends rotatably held to the pivot. 27 on top of the retaining element 24: so as to be swung crosswise over the bar toward and from the shoulder 14 as well as toward and from the shoulder 15 of the bar. rlChis strip corresponds in length to the'strip 26, of the retaining lelement 2-1 so that when moved on the bar toward the handle 11 its free end will protrude somewhat beyond the shoulder 14 and when the strip is swung to- "'-ward the free end of the bar its second end bar 10 when guided thereupon. The flange 33 ofY the strip 32 is also arranged for being moved toward and from the extension members 17 of the bar, and on the free end of the strip 32 is a clip 34 adapted to releasably lock the 'strip32 to the bar 10. rlhe clip 34 is preferably provided by bending the free end of this strip in the formation of' a hook so'as to be guided over the shoulders 14 and 15 of the bar.

' The retaining element 25 is designed especially to permit the form of razor blade 22, Fig. 6, to be removably held in the holder for being sharpened, and to accomplish this the bladeis positioned on the lug 16 as well asl on top of the extension members 17 of the bar 10 so that the bead 23 of the blade will abut against the extension members,^as shown in Fig, 2. rllhe retaining element 25 is then swung from its position in engagement with the shoulder 14 of the 'bar 10 over the blade and transversely over the-bar 10 so that the clip or hook 34 may be guided over the shoulder 15 of the bar. rihe clip 34 being provided accordingly on the strip 32 this strip will thereby be'disposed on 'top of the blade so that its flange 33 will a'but against the edge of the bead 23 opposite to its edge which is in contact with the extension members 17, and the razor blade will in turn be releasably' clamped in the holder to allow the blade to be sharpened similarly to sharpening the razor blades 18 and 19.

ln the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of my invention7 but l do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as l am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the principle, or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore 1 reserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent :-y

The combina-tion, in a razor blade holder, with a liat body member with shoulders at its ends and having spaced upwardly protruding extension members for removably receiving a safety razor blade, of two strips with one of their corresponding ends pivoted to the body member for being separately swung upon the blade, one strip having laterally projecting fingers and the other having a projecting iiange to coact with the lil@ isa

y ggether.

` extension members forv clamping the blade on the body member, and a, clip on the second end 'f eaehf strip, each clip being detachably engageable with one of the shol- 5 ders 'of the body member for releasably locking the body member. md the strips to- 'This Specification' signed and' wimssedl this 31st day of OctobervA. D. 1917. i ANTHONY BARRO.

Wtnes-ses:

, GEORGE F. BENTLEY, Vf M. RUMPH. 

